From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IMSM: Add warning message when x8-type device is used
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 08:47:37 -0400
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Pawel Baldysiak <pawel.baldysiak@intel.com> writes:
> This patch adds the warning message when x8-type device
> is used with IMSM metadata. x8 device is a special
> NVMe drive - two of them on a single PCIe card.
> This card could be a single point of failure for
> RAID levels different than RAID0. x8 devices have
> serial number ending with "-A/-B" or "-1/-2".
>
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Baldysiak <pawel.baldysiak@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Artur Paszkiewicz <artur.paszkiewicz@intel.com>
> ---
>  super-intel.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
Hi Pawel,

When posting a multi-patch series, it would be helpful to have it sent
with appropriate headers staging the set is X/Y patches and a cover
letter.

I normally use -n --cover-letter

> diff --git a/super-intel.c b/super-intel.c
> index 5c6ab05..e860e75 100644
> --- a/super-intel.c
> +++ b/super-intel.c
> @@ -5139,9 +5139,51 @@ static int add_to_super_imsm(struct supertype *st, mdu_disk_info_t *dk,
>  	rv = imsm_read_serial(fd, devname, dd->serial);
>  	if (rv) {
>  		pr_err("failed to retrieve scsi serial, aborting\n");
> +		if (dd->devname)
> +			free(dd->devname);
>  		free(dd);
>  		abort();
>  	}
> +	if (super->hba && ((super->hba->type == SYS_DEV_NVME) ||
> +	   (super->hba->type == SYS_DEV_VMD))) {
> +		int i;
> +		char *devpath = diskfd_to_devpath(fd);
> +		char controller_path[PATH_MAX];
> +
> +		if (!devpath) {
> +			pr_err("failed to get devpath, aborting\n");
> +			if (dd->devname)
> +				free(dd->devname);
> +			free(dd);
> +			return 1;
> +		}
> +
> +		snprintf(controller_path, PATH_MAX-1, "%s/device", devpath);
> +		free(devpath);
> +
> +		if (devpath_to_vendor(controller_path) == 0x8086) {
> +			/*
> +			 * If Intel's NVMe drive has serial ended with
> +			 * "-A","-B","-1" or "-2" it means that this is "x8"
> +			 * device (double drive on single PCIe card).
> +			 * User should be warned about potential data loss.
> +			 */
> +			for (i = MAX_RAID_SERIAL_LEN-1; i > 0; i--) {
> +				/* Skip empty character at the end */
> +				if (dd->serial[i] == 0)
> +					continue;
> +
> +				if (((dd->serial[i] == 'A') || (dd->serial[i] == 'B') ||
> +				   (dd->serial[i] == '1') || (dd->serial[i] == '2')) &&
> +				   (dd->serial[i-1] == '-'))

Minor nit here - please keep this within 80 characters.

Thanks,
Jes